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… were led by Jan Van Riebeeck , representative of the Dutch East India Company (DEIC). They landed in 1652 at what … attempt was made to officially make the Cape a permanent Dutch settlement. The Khoisan stubbornly and fiercely resisted the Dutch invasion of their land. The conflict led to the first …

… When the Dutch first settled in the Cape in 1652, Governor van …

… named after the baboons that roam the area - a mix of the Dutch word ‘baviaan’ for baboon and the Afrikaans word …

… Alternatively the ‘gaut’ could also originate from the Dutch ‘goud’ for gold. This Province was created by the ANC , … second syllable, is the Afrikaans word derived from the Dutch ‘village’, similar in some ways to the English word …

… such as our people in South Africa, both English and Dutch, you can well understand that it takes more than seven … to her new and greater destiny. These are not merely Dutch, many of them are English. We have English … We have also a large section of my own people, the Dutch people in South Africa, who think that the best policy …

… back to England three years later. Xhore was killed by the Dutch in 1629. He was succeeded by Chief Autshumao (whom the … there was an outbreak of war on this frontier with the Dutch settlers led by another great Khoena leader, Nommoa …

… subsequent abolition of slavery in 1808. Until that time Dutch farmers employed by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) supplied fresh food to passing …

… been authorized by the Minister of Law and Order. July, A Dutch national, Klaas de Jong, is detained under the Internal … arms and ammunition to the ANC. He seeks refuge in the Dutch Embassy in Pretoria. 18 October, Malesela Benjamin …

… a military presence in the region to deter potential Dutch uprisings in the district of Graaff-Reinet, and to …

… alerted to the existence of the last speakers in 2007 by Dutch historian Mike Besten. Besten encountered in his …

… Kilometers, of his Farm “ Rheboksfontein ”, to erect a Dutch Reformed Church .  Amongst the exhibition, at the …

… European interest in the Knysna Forest began after the Dutch East India Company (VOC) established a Colony at Cape …

… to the west of the Fish River, an area from which the Dutch colonial administration had driven the AmaXhosa on a … internal refugees. 1803 - 1806 The Cape is retroceded to Dutch rule under Batavian administration. Advocate A de Mist … troops and a Cape burgher militia at Blaauwberg, the Dutch capitulate. All property of the Batavian Government is …

… of new nation, European language (mainly English and Dutch), religion, school history. In this view, African … Africa was based on the ideas of Abraham Kuyeper who was a Dutch statesman, politician and theologian. [29] He believed … and formed the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk which was the Dutch Reformed Church. He referred to Afrikaner history in …

… over the military, and that a Revolutionary Council (RC) be formed to give direction. The non-racial composition of the RC, though, proved to be a problem with a small, Africanist …

… ran South-West. The most important river, certainly to the Dutch East India Company, was the Varsche, for on it depended … that ran straight into the Bay. Immediately after the Dutch arrived they put the Varsche Rivier to work, by …

… which to draw inspiration. They are the descendants of the Dutch who, for eighty years, waged a war for freedom against … another action for defama­tion against a minister of the Dutch Reformed Churches, I came across this article and …

… Cala, Aliwal North and Cape Town. In 1933 and I937 the Dutch Reformed Church Council conducted successful … meeting of European students of the Cape Peninsula, mostly Dutch speaking, invited a Native to address them under the …

… exception is the triptych showing the Synodal Hall of the Dutch Reformed Church, from 1986; a 1965 synod of the church; …

… that Bantjes, a diamond digger and gold pros-pector of Dutch origin, stumbled across an outcrop of the conglomerate …

… The underlined words say "mijn recht van spreken" which is Dutch for "my right to speak". Image supplied by Nigel Worden …

… work in Tulbagh was possibly the largest number of Cape-Dutch, Edwardian and Victorian provincial heritage sites in …

… employment originated during the colonial era [i] . Early Dutch immigrants employed and enslaved members of the …

… in the history of South Africa, in the struggles between Dutch feudalism and English capitalism. The Dutch represented a backward, outdated and reactionary … Africa in the 19th century these two economic systems, Dutch feudalism and English capitalism, were neces­sarily in …

… the Boers. It was also his policy to conciliate the Cape Dutch and carry them with him in his plans, but it was always … however, had a monomania as strong as Rhodes's””to uphold Dutch Feudalism. Immovable in his prejudices, he was stubborn … question of tariffs, which, it may be said, enraged the Dutch farmers at the Cape. Kruger for his part was very …

… Town and 591 kilometres South of Springbok. In 1850 the Dutch Reformed parish of Namaqualand was separated from the …

… there was no cement available for building purposes. The Dutch built lime kilns to burn mussels to form a binding …

… of England and Methodist Church was Built in 1906 and the Dutch Reformed Church was demolished in 1911, then re-built …

… groups of settlers clashed with one another, and rival Dutch and British populations fought for control over the … from the frontier farms, which neither the British not the Dutch were able to reverse. The droughts between 1800 and …

… entirely unique. The Dream begins with the arrival of the Dutch in southern Africa and tells the story of the birth of … [In his youth Paul Kruger traces the history of the first Dutch settlers in South Africa (1652), and the cause of the …